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UA Basketball: Peak Leads UA Women On Senior Day

UA MEDIA RELATIONS

FAYETTEVILLE — It couldn’t have been scripted any better for lone senior Keira Peak who poured in a season-high 24 points on Senior Day and carried the University of Arkansas women’s basketball team (19-10, 6-10 SEC) to a 72-70 win over Missouri (17-12, 6-10 SEC) at Bud Walton Arena on Sunday.

The Clyattville, Ga., native not only finished shooting better than 50 percent from the floor, but in typical Peak fashion came up with a number of hustle plays and stuffed her stat sheet with eight rebounds, four assists, three steals and three blocks.

Peak wasted no time making an impact on Senior Day, as the lone senior opened the game hitting her first five shots from the floor for 10 points to carry the Razorbacks to an early 17-10 lead by the 13-minute mark of the first half. UA as a group opened the game 8-for-14 (57 percent). The Razorback reserves stepped in from off the bench and helped UA take its largest lead of the game at nine points with 10:15 to play in the half, as Kelsey Brooks scored four points and Melissa Wolff added two more to extend UA’s lead to 25-16.

Peak continued her unconscious shooting performance and had a game-high 14 points on 7-for-8 shooting to push UA’s lead to 31-18. An and-1 play just before the buzzer would help MIZZOU head into the locker room having closed the UA lead to just seven points at 39-32, despite the Razorbacks leading by as much as 13 points.

The second half picked up right where the first half left off, as Peak drilled a 20-foot jumper and gave UA a 41-35 lead. Peak tied a season-high with 20 points with 64 percent shooting, as UA held to a tight 45-43 lead with 15:45 to play. Missouri found its range from beyond the arc in the second half, as it took its first lead of the game at 46-45 at the 15:16 mark of the second half. Both teams traded leads midway through the second half, but a 15-2 run over 3:42 from the Razorbacks helped UA regain a 67-59 lead with 3:48 to go. The Tigers were 1-for-7 during the stretch. Things tightened up late as the Tigers came within 71-70 with under 10 seconds to play, but a last-second shot to tie the game was just short and UA secured the win.